Classical Violin Giants (10CD)

Disc 1

Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)

Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
(dedicated to David Oistrakh)

David Oistrakh (violin)
Aram Khachaturian, conductor
Soviet National Philharmonic Orchestra

1. I. Allegro maestoso
2. II. Andante sostenuto
3. III. Allegro vivace

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)

Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 48

David Oistrakh (violin)
Dmitry Kabalevsky, conductor
Soviet National Symphony Orchestra

4. I. Allegro molto e con brio
5. II. Andantino cantabile
6. III. Vivace giocoso

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

David Oistrakh (violin)
Lovro von Matačić, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1954

7. I. Andantino
8. II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo
9. III. Moderato

Disc 2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Isaac Stern (violin)
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra

1958 live recording

1. I. Allegro moderato – Moderato assai
2. II. Canzonetta: Andante – attacca subito
3. III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Isaac Stern (violin)
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1954

4. I. Allegro moderato
5. II. Adagio di molto
6. III. Allegro ma non tanto

Disc 3

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1952

1. I. Allegro molto appassionato
2. II. Andante
3. III. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
RCA Victor String Orchestra

Recorded in 1952

4. I. Allegro molto
5. II. Andante non troppo
6. III. Allegro

Alban Berg (1885–1935)

Violin Concerto “To the Memory of an Angel”

Joseph Szigeti (violin)
Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
NBC Symphony Orchestra

1945 live recording

7. I. Andante – Allegretto
8. II. Allegro – Adagio

Disc 4

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Alfred Wallenstein, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1953

1. I. Moderato nobile
2. III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace

Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)

Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor

Recorded in 1947

3. I. Allegro non troppo
4. II. Scherzando: Allegro molto
5. IV. Andante
6. V. Rondo: Allegro

Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Izler Solomon, conductor
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1951

7. I. Allegro moderato
8. II. Romance: Andante non troppo
9. III. Allegro con fuoco – Allegro moderato à la Zingara

Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)

Concerto in the Style of Vivaldi

Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Donald Voorhees, conductor
RCA Victor String Orchestra

Recorded in 1945

10. I. Allegro energico ma non troppo
11. II. Andante doloroso
12. III. Allegro molto

Disc 5

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Nathan Milstein (violin)
Antal Doráti, conductor
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1951

1. I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro giocoso

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Nathan Milstein (violin)
Izler Solomon, conductor
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1949

4. I. Moderato
5. II. Andante sostenuto – Tempo I
6. III. Allegro

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31

Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Hans Rosbaud, conductor
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1955

7. I. Andante – Moderato
8. II. Scherzo: Vivace – Trio meno mosso – Tempo I
9. III. Finale marziale: Andante – Allegro

Disc 6

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Ginette Neveu (violin)
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor
Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

1948 live recording

1. I. Allegro non troppo
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Violin Concerto in D minor

Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Hans Rosbaud, conductor
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1957

4. I. In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo
5. II. Langsam (attacca)
6. III. Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell

Disc 7

Max Bruch (1838–1920)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Ida Haendel (violin)
Rafael Kubelík, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Recorded in 1948

1. I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Finale: Allegro energico

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Gino Francescatti (violin)

Recorded in 1950 and 1952

4. I. Allemande
5. II. Courante
6. III. Sarabande
7. IV. Gigue
8. V. Chaconne

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006

Gino Francescatti (violin)

9. I. Preludio
10. II. Loure
11. III. Gavotte en Rondeau
12. IV. Menuett I
13. V. Menuett II
14. VI. Bourrée
15. VII. Gigue

Disc 8

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major

Michael Rabin (violin)
Lovro von Matačić, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Recorded in 1955

1. I. Allegro maestoso – Cadenza (Flesch) – Allegro maestoso
2. II. Adagio espressivo
3. III. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor “La Campanella”

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Recorded in 1952

4. I. Allegro maestoso – Cadenza (Baller) – Allegro maestoso
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Rondo: La Campanella

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Tzigane

Christian Ferras (violin)
Georges Sebastian, conductor
Belgian National Orchestra

Recorded in 1953

9. Tzigane

Disc 9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

Leonid Kogan (violin)
Otto Ackermann, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Recorded in 1957

1. I. Allegro – Cadenza (D. Oistrakh) – Tempo I
2. II. Adagio – Cadenza (D. Oistrakh) – Tempo I
3. III. Rondo: Allegro – Andante – Allegretto – Tempo I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Ernest Bour, conductor
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1959

4. I. Allegro
5. II. Andante cantabile
6. III. Rondo: Andante grazioso

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Ferdinand Leitner, conductor
Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1952

7. I. Allegro aperto – Adagio – Allegro aperto
8. II. Adagio
9. III. Rondo: Tempo di minuetto

Disc 10

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Gerhard Taschner (violin)
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1952

1. I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Larghetto
3. III. Rondo

Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987)

Concerto for Violin and Large Chamber Orchestra

Gerhard Taschner (violin)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

1949 live recording

4. I. Allegro con brio
5. II. Canzone
6. III. Introduction e Rondo: Molto allegro (Allegro poco scherzando)